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Saltfishforty
From their island home in Britain’s far north, the powerhouse partnership of Douglas Montgomery (fiddle/viola) and Brian Cromarty (songs/guitar/mandola), jointly known as Saltfishforty, have won a devoted following throughout the UK and beyond, brilliantly transcending the duo format’s conventional confines. Linchpin figures in the currently flourishing revival of Orkney’s traditional music, they unite these deep-rooted sources with an exhilarating breadth of influence and expertise, catalysed by a creative empathy born from decades of friendship.
The result is a sound of equally thrilling raw attack and multi-dimensional richness, now vividly captured afresh – after three previous albums – on Saltfishforty’s debut live recording. While their head-to-head performance remains vibrantly centre-stage, Live also features special guests Erik Laughton (percussion) and Andrew Gifford (double bass) – Montgomery and Cromarty’s bandmates in barnstorming eight-piece The Chair – plus Orkney accordion legend Billy Peace.
Saltfishforty appeared in 2016, 2018
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Saltfishforty are coming to Rousay on Saturday 11th May 🎻 performing at The Space Orkney
I'm off the 11th and 12th. What about peedie dogs? Xx
Rachel Thomson
Erica Reid Flaws is there a caravan or self catering that is available then? Xx
Here’s news of one of our upcoming summer gigs - more to follow soon!What a month of brilliant music! We've been privileged to hear some of the best musicians and singers out there including Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith, Skerryvore, Salt House, Kitty Macfarlane, Cosmotheka, Graeme Knights, Jess and Richard Arrowsmith, Daisybell, Sound Tradition, Talisk, and Flook! A HUGE thank you to all the artists and audiences - #keepmusiclive! There's more to come in May (Còig), June (Ye Vagabonds & Brighde Chaimbeul) and July (Saltfishforty) - see you in the barn 🎶 https://thefleeceinn.co.uk/whats-on/
We're very excited to announce that Julie Fowlis and Kathleen MacInnes will be appearing alongside Saltfishforty and Jenny Keldie at the festival, in a unique collaboration celebrating the musical links between Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides. As part of Between Islands - an inter-island initiative, led by the An Lanntair arts centre in Stornoway - the five musicians will appear together in concert on Friday 24 May. The theme of connections between island groups will then form the basis of the this year's Gathering event, on Sunday, May 26. Both shows will take place in the Stromness Town Hall. Further programme information, as well as ticket on-sale dates, will be released shortly. For further information on Between Islands: http://bit.ly/OFFBetweenIslands
